LONDON (ShareCast) - The Chief Executive Officer of internet company blinkx has made a show of faith with the purchase of 250,000 shares following Tuesday's profit warning.

Subhransu Mukherjee, who joined the group in 2011, paid 34p a shares for a total spend of £85,000.

Shares in the firm plunged on Tuesday after the group told ibnvestors its trading in the first half had been below its expectations, which it said revenues and earnings, particularly the end of the second quarter.

A statement from the group attributed the performance to industry-wide issues of efficiency and effectiveness, which, in its case was compounded by the lingering effects of a disparaging blog about the company.

"This resulted in a slower-than-expected return of demand, despite earlier signs of normalisation," it said.


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Director name: Mr John Joseph Brennan
Amount purchased: 3,262 @ € 19.61
Value: €63,953

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Director name: Mr James Tisch
Amount purchased: 2,563 @ € 19.61
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